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legal proceedings.
politan Asylums Board and weekly returns of full particulars of notifications of births and of
cases of tuberculosis to the London County Council.
Letters received 5,763 (5,006)
,, despatched 4,981 (4,638)
Entries in Postage Book 14,175 (13,075)
Cases of infectious disease entered
in Register (including consumption)
1,990 (1,787)
Notices sent re above and other
diseases 6,494 (5,226)
Births entered in Register 3,082 (3,041)
Complaints received 747 (752)
Plans dealt with 343 (352)
New openings in Journals 576 (661)
Disinfection Orders (duplicate) 2,921 (2,655)
Notices to abate nuisances 1,541 (1,020)
The figures in parentheses are the returns for 1912.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
A summary of the cases heard at the Police Court follows this. Happily only a very small
proportion of the matters dealt with by the Department lead to summonses. The bulk of the
nuisances and defects coming to the knowledge of the Department are remedied on informal
notices—" written intimations" or verbal requests.
The fines imposed last year amounted to £43 15s. 9d. and the costs awarded £35 1s. 6d.
With the exception of those under the Notification of Births Act, all fines are paid to the
Council's account. The amounts under both heads during the past six years are shown below.
Fines and Costs.
"Health" Cases. "Adulteration" Cases.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1913 43 17 9 34 19 6
1912 15 8 0 41 19 0
1911 19 5 6 50 9 0
1910 13 15 0 125 8 6
1909 52 6 6 86 6 6
1908 43 10 0 55 17 6
1907 69 19 0 31 16 6
Average per Conviction.
1913. 1912. 1911. 1909. 1908. 1907.
Fine £1 10 11 £0 8 11 £0 13 0 £1 3 9 £1 2 3 £0 17 0
Costs 0 15 9 0 8 11 0 14 3 0 12 2 0 13 9 0 12 8